Planet of Lana

Excellent game: I warmly recommend. The Artistic Directrion is beautiful, the gameplay is fluid, the puzzles are always reasonably difficult, and Mui is just a success. Mui justifies the purchase alone!

The game is almost perfect in its genre, if there was not this ridiculous achievement of finishing the game without dying, which is doable only by saving the slot and retrying (i.e. totally artificially). It really makes no sense in such a game, and it ruins a bit a great atmosphere. I guess the devs wont read my comment, but if there is a follow-up ever, please do not repeat this single small mistake :)

The Love Child Of ‘Inside’, ‘Gris’ and ‘The Last Guardian’ (with ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’ being the distant cousin)
All the reviews I’ve previously browsed for this game pretty much universally agreed on several things in regards to ‘Planet of Lana’, both positive and negative.
The game is undeniably very pretty, and its visuals are its strongest asset. The developers themselves claimed they were inspired by such Studio Ghibli films as ‘Spirited Away’ and ‘My Neighbor Totoro’, and this inspiration shows a lot. The game’s plot goes as followed: a little girl named Lana, who lived in peace with nature her whole life, experiences the loss of her elder sister who gets kidnapped by fierce ‘The War of The Worlds’ like machines in a sudden mechanical raid that happened overnight, and she searches for her ever since in the wilds. On her way to the main source of machines (and where her sister’s located as well) Lana finds a cutie patootie little creature she names Mui, and after that the best part of the game kicks in.
We go through absolutely stunning landscapes accompanied by simple but nicely-made instrumental music (which was written for PoL by the composer of ‘The Last Guardian’ by the way), solve easy common riddles, interact with our cutie patootie a lot and… meditate, basically. The pace of this game is really slow and steady, which contrasts a lot with the enemy’s encounters though, that actually require you to act quick and be sharp when necessary. Because otherwise you will experience several pretty rough deaths of your character or your little pet, which is so much worse. And sometimes I didn’t like that contrast at all, honestly.
Speaking of contrasts, I absolutely loved the level design in this game. The structure is pretty classic for the games like ‘Inside’ and ‘Limbo’: we’ve got to experience several different backgrounds, walk onto the surface and experience gorgeous nature’s views while it lasts, then descent into the caves and dark depths, get to the beach, walk through the foggy swamps, visit the location from the very beginning of the game, and finally enter the alien futuristic insides of the huge machinery plants and get to the final anti Greta Thunberg boss. All of these backgrounds aren’t really new for the game of such genre, but it was just made so, so well. And by the way, the obligatory Limbo reference with a giant spider was featured as well! I liked that.
But while the visuals absolutely serve, the gameplay is indeed pretty lacking. I’m not complaining about the riddles being simple though, contrary to the majority of players! I am actually not a huge fan of complex and mind-breaking riddles in platformers, as I am simply not very good at solving them on my own and I lose patience really quick. So I am not really minding the riddles’ simplicity, but rather their repetitiveness and overstaying their welcome. One specific puzzle was really copied and pasted several times, which is just unacceptable. And some puzzles seem really insane in combination with the game’s wobbly controls. A reminder: PoL features ‘No deaths’ achievement. So to hell with all those puzzles where Mui has to travel on top of the robot where he can die basically from the wind blowing, with several glitches accompanying those levels.
To sum it up. ‘Planet of Lana’ is a visually stunning game that knows exactly what it wants to be: a cute, relaxing, pretty predictable platformer that doesn’t give you much sweat and allows you to finally get that ‘Inside’ scratch so many people were yearning for, but in a form of a Studio Ghibli spirit and art. The gameplay however may seem disappointing for those who wanted complex puzzles that would challenge the players. The full price for it can be pretty high given its length though, so I’d recommend you to grab this game at the discount.

this game really picked up in its last 2 hours it was decent in its early phase aswell im new to single player games only played pvp shooters that too very little so playing this was a really unique experience for me and i enjoyed every bit of it 9/10.

If your old enough to remember "another world" on the amiga, you will love this. Nice story, great graphics and puzzles and a genuine pleasure to play. Watch the videos and thats what you can expect. Glad I played it.

Fine/10 "faсeless child goes right" artsy puzzle platformer.
Can't possibly win the competition with the best of them (aka INSIDE), but is pleasant enough nonetheless. Sequel honestly looks more promising, but I kinda want devs to remember that those artsy games are fondly remembered for the unique moments and not for 10 samey puzzles in a row. And not for the wildly out of place big boy music puzzles that stop the game's pacing dead either.
Oh, and please stop starting every cutscene with fade in/fade out; this is a 2D game, it can be done seamlessly without any fuss.

Be me.
Almost 30.
Work 9-5.
Back ache, brain dead.
Soul empty.
See pixel art game.
Play pixel art game.
Kiddo alien language.
Pretty pixel art.
Beautiful music.
Cute kitty.
Puzzle interesting.
Beat bad alien robot.
Story scary, shiver.
Story sad, cry.
Story happy, cry.
Game end.
Soul more empty.

Planet of Lana is a visually pleasing 2D puzzle platformer in which you journey through a strange and intriguing world, solve puzzles and avoid being captured by sinister robots. This game is all about connection; The connection between the protagonist and her loyal companion who keeps her going, and in a broader sense, the connection between humans, machines and nature. I found the puzzle design to be well executed and the story well done and compelling. My only complaint is that there are times where the controls feel a bit wonky, but it’s not something bothersome and it doesn't affect the gameplay much. If you’re looking for a relaxing, low stakes adventure with a few challenges peppered throughout, Planet of Lana is for you. It's short, sweet, emotional and mildly challenging.